diff --git a/ase/change.log b/ase/change.log
index 898d98cd..e67faa99 100644
--- a/ase/change.log
+++ b/ase/change.log
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@
 		x[30] = d; 
 	}
 
+* fixed a control-flow bug in the following context.
+        function error() { exit (1); }
+	function getx()
+	{
+		if (x == 2) error();
+		return x++;
+	}
+	function gety() { return y++; }
+        BEGIN {
+		x = 0;
+		y = 0;
+		print getx() + gety(); 
+		print getx() + gety();
+		/* this following line should not have been printed as
+		 * exit() is executed in getx(). */
+		print getx() + gety(); 
+		print getx() + gety();
+        }
+
 [0.3.2]
 
 * fixed a build problem for x64 target in MSVC2005
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/awk.c b/ase/test/awk/awk.c
index c2242631..9eaa0278 100644
--- a/ase/test/awk/awk.c
+++ b/ase/test/awk/awk.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static int print_awk_value (ase_awk_pair_t* pair, void* arg)
 static void on_run_statement (
 	ase_awk_run_t* run, ase_size_t line, void* custom)
 {
-	dprintf (L"running %d\n", (int)line);
+	/*dprintf (L"running %d\n", (int)line);*/
 }
 
 static void on_run_return (
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int awk_main (int argc, ase_char_t* argv[])
 	ase_awk_setmaxdepth (
 		awk, ASE_AWK_DEPTH_BLOCK_PARSE | ASE_AWK_DEPTH_EXPR_PARSE, 50);
 	ase_awk_setmaxdepth (
-		awk, ASE_AWK_DEPTH_BLOCK_RUN | ASE_AWK_DEPTH_EXPR_RUN, 1000);
+		awk, ASE_AWK_DEPTH_BLOCK_RUN | ASE_AWK_DEPTH_EXPR_RUN, 500);
 
 	/*ase_awk_setkeyword (awk, ASE_T("func"), 4, ASE_T("FX"), 2);*/